Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-21
DAKOTA MILITIA.

Report aftifei Officers Having Charge OF
the Target Practice at the Late En-
campment ut Huron.
Il Huron, Dakota, Sept lS-It will be
remembered that Capt. Gall and Oapt.
Crowioot were specially designated
during the recent ,encampment to take
charge of the target ptact,ce, and drill
the soldiers IN this branch OF the service.
Ihese gentlemen have last forwarded
their report to. the adiutant general, and
from il is now first glyen to the public
an outline OF the work done ON the range.
They say:
After the company tegms had COM
pleted their firing the officers on the
gronnd, selected regimental team, from
the best scores made, in the preliminary
and company fixing. The result OF the
three days firing is as follows:
FIVE SCORES nothing, twelve SCORES @,
seven scores 3, thirteen scores 4, ten
scores s, ten scores 8, thirteen scores 4 !,
ten scores 5, ten scores 6, fourteen SCORES
z, twenty-five scores s, tweDty-one
scores 8, nineteen SCORES 10, twenty -four
scores II, twenty three SCORES IL, twenty
two scores Ii, twenty-s,x scoras
Iva shhCC cCSlbu lOs kiiTSIsuHb BCOTGS
l6, twenty .seven scores II, nineteen
SCORES lS, sixteen SCORES 10, ten scores
20, one scores 81.
O. second regiment, made 81. the best
score, and won the first individual prize.
The following namef men OF company
q, first regiment, won the first prize for
best company team: Lieut.. Truman, 1S;
sTak kr. NH 4 a.. al n. Qr 1r
Private Biorneby. l3; Privsteis Frazer,
IA; total, 78.
Battery A was second vita total OF
~, and seyeral other companies were
q few points behind.
The ilist egiment won the first prize
as . reRimental team, as follows: Lieut..
Truman, of company @, 90; Lieut.. Brent,
T, lS; Private Ryan, of company +, 10;
Private Gruby, OF company I, Ii; Private
Thorald, of company FL, l6; Private Low,
OF company 81 l6; Private Talleckson,
of company l, 90; Private Cann;ff. OF
company Q, l6; Private johnson, CAM
pany o, l3; Private Lanyard, OF company
+, l7;;.total. l66. This is the score OF the
second regiment.
Private Zimmerman, 20; Private Bates
IL; Private DELPHI, 8; Private Hackett,
IL ll,}D6f&btsut IOW6Fs, u,iIflYht6 w llHOn
l9, Private Knudson, Is; Private Carey
II; Private Swank, 10; Private Krom,
10; total, tl54.
Only two or three men beside members
OF company A, first regiment, were 40.
quainted with the rules and signals used
on.the target range. Both Eergeants
Faisey, OF company u, FIRST regiment
and Stevens, of battery a were familiar
with target practice, as was also oil 81
company A, first regiment. They were
used in the pit and ct the first firing
pint as markers. scorers and instructors
At the same time men unfamiliar will
target range we're placed in she pit ane
inatruoted in the manner OF mafkine
posting and properly signaling richoche
and mise shots, as we'll as those that hii
the target. Care was taken that there
we're several men from ,sact
company thus instructed, SO that OF
reaching home there would be several Ii
each compsny who would be able t,
conduct target range. Each man ws
Instructed in wide guage, sigh5s, hold
ing, loading and firing the gun. Onl.
two. accidental shots occurred durinI
the. entire practice, and these we're. fire.
into the, ground While loading in from
OF the man where they could do no harm
Considering that the arms were entirel
new to every man, and strong win
was blowing across the range on tw
days OF the prscties, the result is ell W
anticipated.